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Coll 30/5(2) 'Persia Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) 1946' [‎48r] (95/148)

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The record is made up of 1 file (72 folios). It was created in Jan 1946-Oct 1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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(a) B ritish Officials .
145. Major A.L. Greenway, M.B.E., Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon, left for
Shiraz on 18th June.
146. Captain G.I. Pettigrew, His'Majesty’s Consul, Bushire,
visited Shiraz from ISth to 24th June.
147. The British Air Attache, Tehran, arrived by Embassy plane
L'rom Tehran via Abadan on 25th June and left for Shiraz the next
morning.
(b) Allied Officials.
18, Mr. Ward, American Consul, Tehran, with his wife visited
Bu:'hire for the ni,ght 4 / 5 th June4.
149. The Russian Consul-General, Ahwaz, with his Secretary and
Vice - 1 '.sal arrived from Gach-Saran on the 12 th June and returned
to Ahv. on the same day via the coastal road.
(' c rsian Officials .
150. Aqai Falsafi, Bushire Judge, proceeded to Shiraz on trans
fer on 3rd June. His relief Aqai Abdul.Aziz Qutb arrived on
19th June.
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151. Yawar Muhajir, Chief of Police, left for Tehran on 26th
June. One Aqai Kameli is at present acting^for him pending
the arrival of a new chief of Police.
II. LOCAL AFFAIRS .
152. Under orders from Tehran all grain depots in Bushire and
district have been sealed by the Finance Department who appear
to have received orders to purchase wheat. As they are however
only offering Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 260/- per ton, no one is willing to sell to
them. Hiat Daudi has been stopped from fulfilling his contract
with the A.I.O.C. for the supply of wheat (paragraph 102 of
Bushire Intelligence Summary No. 4 refers) but has offered to sell
wheat to the Finance Department at Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 375/- per ton. He
has not yet received a ? e Ply to this offer and _it is not known
what are the intentions of Government regarding the wheat in the
sealed godowns. It is not known what is the reason for the
orders which have already ‘caused ah artificial "shortage locally,
but it is common gossip that it is due to false Tudeh reoorts
that wheat was being exported abroad. The Governor Bushire
protested against the orders without success. As a result of
t’ 1 : action by Government officials, Hiat Daudi has cancelled
,ii' ivreement to supply wheat to bakers, which anyhow he could
not .'ulfill as wheat sent to Bushire would be seized by the
Finau Department (Paragraph 123 of Bushire Intelligence Sura-
nar'- ’t . / 5 refers).
153. R Terence paragraph V(a) of Bushire Intelligence Summary
No. 9 fof May 1S44, Fathullah Khan Hiat Daudi has supplied 1000
tons of wheat to the Finance Department in completion of his
contract of 1944*

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This file contains copies of the monthly diary of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate-General in Bushire that was compiled by the Secretary of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Bushire.

The diaries are separated into a number of different sections that vary slightly from month to month. In addition to reports concerning specific events or developments that took place during that month, most entries contain the following headings:

  • movements
  • local affairs
  • communications
  • military
  • elections
  • tribal
  • political
  • trade and commerce
  • public health
  • country craft

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (72 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-72; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.

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